Both Chernick and that other defendant, Steven Michael Rubinstein of Boca Raton, had traded a guilty plea and their cooperation in catching Swiss bank officials who helped clients evade taxes, in exchange for which they stood to receive leniency.

But then, Chernick may have played a more active role in the tax cheating than did Rubinstein. This post on the Vile Plutocrat cites court documents that explain how Chernick moved the money between the U.S. and accounts in Hong Kong.

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